Akos Fights Food Insecurity in Cambodia

How It’s Going

@DrinkAkos may have facilitated this, however, it is the generosity of our donors, and the actions of Vutha Srey that are getting these people fed.

Thank you to the following donors:

• Paul and Louise Eyes - $225

• Ryan McNeil - $100

• Kim Beane - $100

• Cathryn Halpin - $50

• Adam Jansen - $275

• Ryan Wooderson - $500

• Liz Souther - $100

• Cathy Hanlin - $50

• Tylyn Barker - $25

• Robert Kostin - $50

• Ryan Diehl - $50

• Becky Watt - $50

• Brennan Sargent - $50

• Tori Ziege - $50

• Rishabh Mallick - $25

• Craig Smith - $25

• Cole Smith - $50

• Sophie White - $50

• John Souther - $100

• Michael Kostin - $50

And numerous anonymous donors that will go unnamed.

How It Started

As we launched Akos over the last two years, we have become close with our friends and partners in Cambodia.

“Tens of thousands of Cambodians are going hungry under the country’s strict lockdown as Covid cases continue to rise amid criticism from human rights groups that the government and the UN are being too slow to act.” The Guardian, May 13th

Upon learning about the food insecurity and related issues, we opted to take direct action as soon as possible.

The Goal: Try to feed as many families as possible leveraging our current network on the ground.

We set up this operation to be absolutely transparent. We have a Cambodian partner on the ground handling the logistics and deliveries.

For $50.00 US, we could keep a family fed for 2 weeks with the following package:

• 20Kg Rice

• 20 Eggs

• 4 tins of fish

• 20 packages of noodles

• 2 bottles of oil

• 2 bottles of soy sauce

• 2 kg sugar

Every member of the Akos team has supported a family individually, but to expand our reach, we are asking for a little help.